It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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